Chapter 3: Where Is Everybody?
Buffy stood upon the three vampires with her knife still in hand.
"Well Goldilocks…would you like to bebitten on the right or the left?" one of the vampires asked and stepped towards to Buffy. Buffy moved a step back. The vampire laughed at her actions, knowing she was vulnerable.
"Wait…she's a human." Another vampire said.
"Good guess stupid." the vampire next to him said.
"But I thought the last human left twenty years ago." The vampire said.
"Well I guess this one is stupid enough to come back…" the vampire closest to Buffy said and took another step closer to her. Again, Buffy stepped back.
In the back of Buffy's mind she had another flashback, a memory that seemed very long ago.
"You really have no idea what's going on, do you? You think it's a coincidence, your being here? That boy was just the beginning." Giles said to the young Buffy.
"Oh, why can't you people just leave me alone?" Buffy asked.
"Because you are the Slayer…" Giles said.
Buffy's memory quickly ended and Giles words echoed in her head, 'Because you are the Slayer…'
After a moment things were starting to fall into line for Buffy, and she looked up at the approaching vampire and slashed him with her knife. The other two vampires were startled by Buffy's action. The hurt vampire growled at Buffy and through the moonlight she could see the cut on the vamp's face. Buffy dropped the knife and gave the vampire a round of punches while the other two vamps watched. Buffy then threw the vampire into the broken wooden banister and he instantly turned into dust. Buffy seemed confused for some reason. One of the vampires that stood behind Buffy mumbled "Slayer."
When Buffy heard "Slayer" from the vampire she instantly turned to the vamps. Both of them, so scared, backed awaytowardsthe front door, onto the porch and quickly left.
By the time the vampires had hopped on there motorcycles and rode off, Buffy was standing outside her front door. She was breathing heavily and seemed in a daze. She didn't know what to think or what to do. Many thoughts were jumping around her head and instead of sorting everything through Buffy just ran.
She ran as fast as she could to a destination she didn't know. All she knew was she didn't want to be in the house anymore.
Buffy ended up back where she started her evening, the graveyard. She looked around and spotted something familiar, a crypt, Spike's crypt.
Buffy entered Spike's crypt like she had always had, without knocking. She slowly pushed the door open and saw a new set of furniture and a new TV. The layout of the room was the same, but yet the crypt felt different. The only sound that was in the room was Buffy's breath. She moved away from the door and she traveled around the room.
Buffy didn't know why she came to Spike's place but for some reason seeing the same old crypt from the outside brought Buffy some comfort, unlike her home on Rivelo.
The sound of footsteps coming from the ladder made Buffy jump. She instantly thought 'What was Spike going to say?' 'Did he go bad or is still sort of good?' 'Will he be able to help me?' However, when the figure got to the top of the ladder Buffy saw that it wasn't Spike. Instead of Spike, it was a demon with wrinkly skin.
"Uh…who are you?" the demon simply asked. In its hand he had a bucket of chicken wings.
Buffy didn't answer and continued to stare at the creature.
"Umm…wait a minute…" the demon stepped closer, "…do I know you?"
Buffy stepped back when the demon came closer to her.
"Don't be frightened…I'm…I'm good. I'm a good demon." The demon reassured Buffy, "I'm Clemon—Clem."
Buffy still didn't answer.
"I'm a friend of Spike's." Clem said.
"Spike." Buffy whispered.
"Yeah…Spike…you know him?" Clem seemed happy that she knew Spike so they could talk reassembly and she wouldn't feel too insecure.
"Yeah…" Buffy answered Clem's question.
"Well that's good…" Clem said and started to study Buffy. Buffy noticed he was looking at her oddly and she turned away, "Oh…sorry…didn't mean to stare, it's just…you look like…" Buffy turned to face him so he could finish his sentence, "…well you couldn't be because she's well…you look like Buffy Summers…the Slayer…" Clem said.
"I…I…am." Buffy said.
Clem was speechless for a moment, "Wow…but you were…wow…oh boy." Clem said and started to breath heavily, "Spike's going to flip."
"Where am I?" Buffy questioned.
Clem paused and looked at Buffy, "What?" he didn't understand her random question.
"Is…is this hell?" Buffy looked up at him.
"What?" Clem asked, "No…this is Sunnydale…" Clem said but also mumbled, "But it's close to hell."
"It…it can't be." Buffy softly said.
She couldn't comprehend that the world outside of the crypt was Sunnydale.
"Well it's what's left of Sunnydale…it's gone downhill since the big attack of 66'. Most of the humans were marched out or killed." Clem said.
"66? 66 what?" Buffy asked.
"2066." Clem said.
Buffy blinked a couple times and stared at the demon before him as if he was crazy.
"What…what year is it?" Buffy asked, scared to get the answer.
"2082." Clem simply said.
Buffy inhaled a big breath and turned around and ran out door.
"Wait!" Clem yelled, but didn't stop Buffy, she was long gone.
TBC...